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Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)

Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series".[1] The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, one week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath. The album art was illustrated by graffiti artist GREY, a childhood friend of Rodriguez-Lopez's.[2] According to the label, the original title given to them by Omar was "Calibration Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" but the "Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" part of the title appeared nowhere on the physical release.[3]

Calibration
(Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
Studio album by
Omar Rodríguez-López
ReleasedDecember 15, 2007
Recorded2005 in Amsterdam – 2007
GenreExperimental rock, acid jazz, electronica
Length53:33
LabelRodriguez Lopez Productions
ProducerOmar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
(2007) 		Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
(2007) 		Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward
(2008)
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Amputechture
(2006) 		Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
(2007) 		The Bedlam in Goliath
(2008)

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Track listing

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All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López, unless noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mexico" 3:00
2."El Monte T'aï" 2:33
3."Una Ced Lacerante" 2:47
4."Calibration"Omar Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler-Zavala3:36
5."Grey (Canción para Él)" 3:29
6."Glosa Picaresca Wou Mên"Rodríguez-López, John Frusciante3:27
7."Sidewalk Fins" 6:32
8."Lick the Tilting Poppies" 5:17
9."Cortar el Cuello" 3:24
10."...Is Pushing Luck"Rodríguez-López, Bixler-Zavala8:11
11."Las Lágrimas de Arakuine" 11:11
Total length:53:33

Release history

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Region Date Label
Japan December 15, 2007 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records
United States February 5, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records
United Kingdom February 25, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records
United States (2LP vinyl) November 11, 2008 N2O Records
United Kingdom (2LP) December 2023 Clouds Hill Recordings

Sales

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Calibration was Omar's second album to chart on a Billboard music chart and his highest charting yet, peaking at #29 on the Top Heatseekers chart [1].

Personnel

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  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, bass (6–8), synthesizer (1, 3, 6–8, 11), Mexican harp (1), vocals & lyrics (2,7,8), vocals (4), Wurlitzer (3), tea kettle (3), TVs (5), rhodes (7), drum machine (7), clavinet (8)
  • Juan Alderete – bass (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11)
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums (1, 7, 11)
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – drums (2, 4, 6, 8, 10), percussion (2, 6, 10), synthesizer (1, 6, 7, 11), clavinet (6)
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – woodwinds & percussion (2, 10)
  • Money Mark – synthesizer (2, 10)
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals & lyrics (4, 10)
  • John Frusciante – vocals & lyrics (6)
  • Sara Christina Gross – saxophone (7)
  • Tina Rodriguez – voice (1, 6)
  • Kim Humphreys – violin (2, 5, 8, 10, 11)

References

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  1. ^ "Infrasonic Sound". Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  2. ^ D.E.I.M.O.S.
  3. ^ "Calibration (is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) - The Comatorium". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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